WebExtensions can use request redirection and a "filterReponseData" filter to bypass host permission settings to redirect network traffic and access content from a host for which they do not have explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.980Z

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-5166

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:15.640

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2018-5166

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5166 - Bugzilla